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Why study Animation / 3D Visualization Design or Game Development at Learn 3D? We have the answer that you’re looking for.

Have you ever found yourself wondering what the job opportunities and benefits can be when you study animation,3D architectural design or Game Development? In this article we will discuss the job opportunities, benefits to study animation, architectural design or Game development and we will also take a look at the software and extra's that we

V-Ray Revit now available at Learn 3D

What exactly is V-Ray Revit? It's a a professional rendering plug-in tailored to the unique needs of architects and designers. An intuitive interface and streamlined controls have made V-Ray 3 for Revit the most design-friendly renderer yet; providing a simple way to create high-quality renders directly in Autodesk Revit. Architects must make thousands of design

Blog by Learn 3D Understanding the 12 Principals of Animation

Have you ever found yourself wondering what the principals of animation is all about, in this article we will discuss the 12 principals.. The 12 principals of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. We still use these rules even with

Technical Artist Jonathan Hau-Yoon was at Learn 3D.

Jonathan is a technical artist in the gaming industry, he worked on a variety of projects, he worked at an indie gaming company in South Africa called Free Lives, the creators of Broforce. Jonathan has a BSC in computational and applied mathematics and a Diploma in Visual Communication. We asked Jonathan to come to Learn

Character Development Course with Riccardo Capecchi at Learn 3D

We had the opportunity to invite Riccardo Capecchi to give his famous part- time Character Development Fundamentals Course here at Learn 3D. I had the opportunity to join this course so I decided to write this blog to give you the readers an idea of how part time courses work at Learn 3D.The duration of

10 Animation Facts that you never knew until now

1.The first cartoon character to appear on a postage stamp was Bugs Bunny 2. Sully from Monsters Inc has 2,320,413 hair follicles. Elsa from Frozen has 420,000 hairs and Rapunzel from Tangled has 27,000. 3. Frozen won Disney its first Oscar since Tarzan. The scene where Elsa walks out on her ice palace’s balcony took

3D- Graphics in Movies and Games

The Computer graphics industry has progressed greatly over the last couple of decades. Currently most of us come into contact with 3D products on an everyday basis: we watch movies, we play video-games with buddies and some of us even contribute to game-making ourselves. Almost, if not all, of today’s movies and games are produced

Did you know that…

Did you know that we are the only certified accredited Toon Boom and V-Ray training center in the whole Africa with amazing international certified instructors to go with all our full-time and part-time courses. We are also one of the lucky few training centers in South Africa to use The Oculus Rift as part of

Study character development with Riccardo Capecchi at Learn 3D!

Did you know that he worked at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank Los Angeles on projects such as The Lion King ( video Game), Donald Duck – The Adventures of Maui Millard ( video game ) and Gargoyles (T.V. and video game). The part-time course starts early July 2016 and seats are limited, so book

Our ICON 2016 Competition Part Two

With ICON 2016 just a few days away, we thought we might want to inform you of our part two of the competition. Please join us at ICON this year, play one of the games that our students created and the person with the highest score will receive a BT Games voucher worth R800. Hope